Elastic door-guard



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM N. CLARK, OF CHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

ELAS'IIC DOOR-GUARD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 18,627, dated November 17, 1857; Reissued February 10, 1868, No. 1,399.

T o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VViLLiAM NoYEs CLARK, of Chester, in the county of Middle sex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Elastic Door- Guard; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

As heretofore arranged, doors, in swinging open, are liable to injure the plastering, paper or paint; often wearing unsightly holes into the wall and also making a veXatious noise, which, in many situations, as, for example, on steamboats, is a serious annoyance. In order to remove some of these defects, various imperfect means have been resorted to, as a knob on the floor or Wash board, but all such devices are inelegant even when new, and in turn they mar the door itself and do not lessen the jarring noise.

My invention which is intended to overcome all these difficulties, consists of an elastice door guard, neat or even elegant in appearance, and forming a perfectprotection Vagainst all damage and noise arising from the swinging of the door in opening.

A very simple form of my door-guard is shown in Figures 1 and 2. A, represents a hemispherical l piece of india rubber, surrounded by an escutcheon or ring B, which, by means of screws C, fastens the rubber to the wall in such a position that the ordinary knob of the door may strike the guard when the door opens wide. Fig. 2, represents a section of the same device.

It is obvious that the form may be varied. It may be made hollow or solid, spherical or liemispherical. The position also maj7 be changed so long as it subserves the purpose of overcoming any of the above men tioned common defects of doors, but I prefer to use the guard above described. This guard may also be used to prevent the noise and jar of doors in swinging to, and for this purpose will prove especially advantageous upon steamboats. It may be cheaply manufactured and easily applied, and is not liable to injury; it may also be highly ornamented; it is therefore a desideratum, affording a beautiful finish while itprevents the least injury or jar or noise.

My door guard is a great protection to the door knob which is liable to injury from knocking against the wall.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is The elastic door guard, above described for the purposes set forth.

Dated at Chester this 16th day of July A. D. 1857.

WILLIAM N. CLARK.

Witnesses:

F. C.v GILLIMAN, JOSEPH E. LILLIMAN.

[FIRST rRINTED 1911.] 

